The US cannot stop the UK firing Trident. They can refuse to assist with maintaining the missiles, which would degrade the deterrent long-term, but they can't stop us using what we have. (View Post)

Corn syrup is fairly rare in UK soft drinks, it's usually only found in US imports. UK produced drinks are almost always either pure sugar (usually a mix of cane and beet), sugar plus a sweetener to … (View Post)

We need Merz to be the next Bundeskanzler. If Germany, France, the UK and Poland all commit to doing whatever is necessary for Ukraine to win then Russia will be climbing a very steep hill. (View Post)

A couple of years ago I was chatting about this with a acquaintance who lives in Texas and she was astounded when I told her within a 30 minute drive from the Scottish village where I live there are … (View Post)

Indeed. He absolutely has an emphatic mandate, the US owns Trump and all his works. Though I suspect a couple of years from now there will be a lot of Trump voters who are quite surprised when, havin… (View Post)